Kentucky legislators passed a bill last week eliminating pensions for public school teachers, but they made the mistake of voting to reform teachers’ pensions right before the teacher’s week off. And since most of the teachers don’t get paid enough to go anywhere on vacation they’ve all descended on the capitol to protest the bill. We’ve sent some reporters to the overly organized protest and will be live-updating Kentucky’s least fun Spring Break since UK spent theirs in Boise a few weeks ago. Check back periodically for up-to-the-minute details:

7:05 AM: Crowd gathers outside as no one can find their homeroom.

7:15 AM: Day Drinking begins with juice boxes and coffee.

8:00 AM: The protest starts with the 8 o’clock bell which is just a couple of band teachers playing the opening to Pink Floyd’s “Time” on their smartphones.

8:05 AM: Several teachers from Paducah are given pink slips for being tardy. “Report to the principal’s office,” they are told, and then they immediately start their six-hour drive home.

8:10 AM: A teacher with a bullhorn read the morning announcements and then started chanting Twisted Sister’s “We’re Not Gonna Take It”:

We’re not gonna take it

We’re not gonna take it,

This paper is late,

Maybe we can find some extra credit assignment you could do instead,

Come back here and we’ll talk about it sometime after fooooooour.”

8:20 AM: Not everyone here is a teacher. This person seems to be against the wastewater part of the bill, we think, but we’re not sure though because, much like the legislators, we didn’t actually read it.

8:31 AM: Kentucky State Police Trooper Tobe Grant says he’s never seen such an orderly protest. “They even brought snacks,” he said as he sipped on a fruit punch drink and wiped peanut butter cracker crumbs off his uniform.

8:35 AM: Kindergarten teachers seen unfolding mats after snack time.

8:45 AM: Ironically, we’re seeing quite a few spelling errors on these protest signs.

8:50 AM: Art teachers to grade signs at 10.

9:02 AM: A delegation of math teachers are huddled in the corner crunching numbers on just how much money the pension reform is costing them. One of them is reprimanded for writing out 80085 on his TI-80 calculator.

9:14 AM: Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear promises the teachers that their absences will be excused for the day.

9:24 AM: A small group of counterprotesters show up but are teased for being Governor’s Pets.

9:29 AM: Hate to break it to this guy, but we’re gonna need to find more than a penny in the budget.

9:34 AM: Woodshop teachers are hard at work on a Trojan horse that they hope to wheel into the governor’s mansion.

9:44 AM: Everyone gathered around what we could only assume is some Confederate soldier guy.

9:57 AM: Frankfort food trucks are scrambling to make enough square pizza in time for lunch.

10:02 AM: Bam Carney arrives at protest with a bushel full of apples.

10:14 AM: No one’s in the vip section yet. I’ll come back later.

10:18 AM: Bottle service is pretty expensive but these teachers can afford it.

10:24 AM: Awkward: way more than 120 people have shown up to the #120strong protest.

10:31 AM: Just heard that Matt Bevin plans to spend his spring break at his other mansion.

10:42 AM: Substitute teachers are on standby to pick up the protest in case any of the full-time teachers have to call in sick.

10:55 AM: Teachers are always prepared for the unexpected, and it seems many weren’t sure what Frankfort cuisine might do to them.

11:03 AM: We sent our most steady-handed correspondent to take pictures.

11:27 AM: Aaaaand Lincoln can’t find his hat, someone give this guy some water.

11:44 AM: I’m pretty sure this guy in an anonymous mask is just here to hit on student teachers.

12:00 PM: The teachers take twenty minutes for lunch and a game of musical chairs beaks out as they all try to sit with the cool kids. “Man,” says one choral instructor, “I’m stuck with the band geeks.”

12:08 PM: The ALG’s coffee station will remain open until they can finish assembling the Monster Energy Stage. Future and Lil’ Uzi Vert to appear at 2.

12:20 PM: Recess quickly turned into angry nap time.

12:38 PM: We found at least one person ready for the after party.

1:02 PM: Police are on the lookout for a teacher with a red pen who’s accused of correcting poor grammar on signs.

1:19 PM: Jeff Hoover just showed up.

1:48 PM: A guidance counselor has set up a booth to help teachers find part-time second jobs. “Lowe’s is looking for seasonal workers,” she told a fifteen year veteran Spanish teacher.

2:07 PM: Someone thought they spotted Bevin earlier but turns out it was just Hank Azaria on someone’s iPad.

2:25 PM: This statue of Dr. Ephraim McDowell, the father of ovariotomy, was just voted Statue with Most Sassy Hips.

3:15 PM: The governor’s creepy doll collection.

3:36 PM: Randy Quaid, the face of a movement. Mr. Quaid made a statement of solidarity in the rotunda or at least the person holding this sign did.